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town, but Toji shed tears and said, “How can I abandon the place where my
forefathers are buried?” He never skipped ancestral rites even though he
made a living by making straw shoes.
Im An’gwi, a resident of Imju,^15 spent as many as eight years mourning
the death of his parents, staying at their graves.
Son Hŭi, household chief of Ch’ŏngju, lost his mother, wife, and younger
sister to the Japanese marauders, who unexpectedly attacked his village in
the Muo year. Outraged by the loss of his family, he ran into the middle of
the enemy at the risk of his life and carried his mother on his back to escape
to the nearby mountain. Thus, he was able to save his mother from death.
Continuing to serve his mother with all his heart until she died, he fulfilled
his duty as a filial son.
Mulgŭm, official slave of Yŏngju, served his father with sincerity. When
his father passed away, he observed three years of mourning without taking
off his coarse mourning dress and offered sacrifice every morning and eve-
ning to the mortuary tablet of his father enshrined in his house.
Yi Yŏnggi, former executive captain of Kŭmhwa, lived with grandpar-
ents and parents who were old, and his family was poor. He worked hard to
serve them, cultivating land and never neglecting his duty as a filial person.
Pang Kunjŏng, a resident of Kyodong, served his mother with all his heart
and was praised by the people of his village.
Yang Hŭihyŏn, former vice supervisor, is a Chinese and a resident of
Kangŭm District. He was very poor and lived with his mother, who was old.
Though he served his mother only with simple food and vegetable soup, he
let her enjoy them with the music of her old hometown [in China]. He was
such a filial son that his wife was also anxious to serve her mother- in- law.
Forgetting the exact date, Yi Chŏk, household chief of Kwangju,^16 failed
to report to the military unit he belonged to. When Cho Hŭigo, military
commander of Kwangju, tried to put him to death, Hosaeng, the son of
Chŏk and former myriarch, embraced his father and pleaded that he would
be allowed to die for his father. Moved by the filiality of Hosaeng, Hŭigo
had his father Chŏk released. Later, Chŏk died of illness, and Hosaeng
observed three years of mourning for his father, wearing mourning dress.
Yi Cho, classics licentiate of Suwŏn, built a thatched cottage next to the
grave of his mother and lived there for three years, eating only gruel every- A district in Kongju, South Ch’ungch’ŏng Province.
- Located in Kyŏnggi Province.